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Transplants | Last Active: Mar 6, 2021 | Replies (459)
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@sueinmn

@contentandwell JK - Here's how I deal with well-meaning but over-the-top advice:
Ask, "Would you please give me the citation of the CDC or Public Health Web site where you found the information? Then I can read it carefully and decide what to do. Thanks for caring." I also use it when presented with crazy internet-based or "John Jones said" info about Covid-19 (or anything else.) Maybe you can try it?
Sue

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JK | @contentandwell | Mar 17, 2020

Thanks for your response, @sueinmn I just looked up fresh produce and coronavirus and found a number of websites that addressed it. I have sent them to him. He tends to really worry about my husband and me. He's a very caring son, but as you put it, he can be over the top. He was getting impatient with me on the phone when we discussed this.
We have a woman who comes in to clean every other week and he was upset that we let her in too. I was never close to her but he was concerned that she touched things.
Here are the websites I sent to him:

https://www.usda.gov/coronavirus
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2020/03/13/coronavirus-how-best-handle-food-protect-yourself/5046324002/
https://www.nbc-2.com/story/41872435/coronavirus-could-live-on-fruits-vegetables-at-the-grocery-store
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-concerns-is-it-time-to-change-the-way-shoppers-handle-produce-1.4850278
I hope they will alleviate his concerns.
JK

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jolinda | @jolinda | Mar 17, 2020

@sueinmn
Great idea, this is the perfect way to address unusual and unwanted medical advice.

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